Explorers Club - day 1 - to Maui
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The loudspeaker blared: Flight 1331 to Maui had begun boarding.
Professor Jessica Hale, our group's faculty advisor, clapped her hands, waking us up. "Alright Explorers, get up! One last flight, then Hawaii!"
It was already past midnight, and the delays and layovers were finally over. The four students in the Explorers Club who joined this trip, including me, were splayed across the nearly empty boarding area in the San Francsico airport. The group's big summer adventure was about to truly begin.
I was lying across a row of seats, using them as a bed. I had been dreaming of Gracie, one of the other Explorers, and was a little annoyed as the dream faded. Professor Hale bent down in front of me and I blinked. In my half-wake delirium, the first thing I saw were her big almond eyes, peering at me from behind her black-rimmed glasses. The second thing I noticed was her cleavage, which I had a clear view of as she bent down over me.
"Come on, Perkins," she said, and grabbed my shoulder. I enjoyed the feeling of her hand, and I felt my blood and consciousness return.
"We've got to get..." she paused mid-sentence.
I followed her eyes, which were staring down at my crotch. My hard-on was pushing an obvious bulge in my pants. Shit.
"Well I see you're already waking up, aren't you, Perkins?" she whispered.
"Oh god, professor, I didn't mean to, I just, uh..."
She just flashed me a grin and stood to go wake the others.
"Frank, Gracie, Alex!" Professor Hale yelled, clapping. "You know how Marines have that phrase 'leave no man behind' or whatever? Well we're no Marines, and I
will
leave you behind if you don't get your asses on the plane!"
"Okay Jessica, I'm awake," Gracie said, as she stood up and pushed out the creases of her sundress.
Gracie's dress showed off her incredible cleavage and hung short at her mid-thigh. Her warm smile, kind eyes, and killer body meant that she was the kind of girl that boys easily obsessed over. She was also a senior, and the club's veteran member. She had developed a close friendship with Professor Hale and was on a first name basis with her. But even after joining four hikes with Gracie this year, I doubt she knew my name.
I was just a Freshman, and I joined the Explorers Club as a way to meet people. I liked hiking, but I really stayed for Gracie. And I joined this summer trip to Maui because of Gracie, as well. Professor Hale had been hyping up the Maui summer trip all year. She was Hawaiian and considered the trip a sort of homecoming, as well as a way to celebrate the end of the schoolyear.
But most of the Explorers Club wasn't coming along. There was a $2,000 fee to cover the cost of flights, travel, food, and all the other expenses, so usually only a small group went each year. It was 'cheap for a beautiful Hawaiian vacation' Professor Hale would say, but even so, people at our college generally vacationed in places that were cheap and drivable.
But when I heard Gracie signed up, I paid immediately- even if it did represent most of my savings account. This would be the perfect opportunity to get close to her: a small intimate group, hiking in the beautiful jungles and mountains of Maui. Then after paying the non-refundable fee, I saw the attendee list. There would only be four of us: Gracie, myself, my friend Frank (who I had coerced into joining), and Alex: Gracie's boyfriend.
I had no idea she even had a boyfriend. He wasn't even part of the Explorers Club, but due to the small group, Professor Hale was happy to add an outsider, especially as a favor to Gracie. I spent the next week kicking myself for spending $2,000 on absolutely nothing. Even if I didn't know for sure that Gracie had a boyfriend, I was a moron to think that she would be single. But the fee was non-refundable, and I had already roped Frank into it, so I was stuck.
"Come on lovers, save it for Hawaii," Professor Hale said, splitting up Gracie and Alex who were making out. I tried to avoid watching them.
"I wish we had done direct flights like last year," Gracie complained, still groggy. "Jessica, remember the hike we did to the volcano-"
"Gracie come on, we have to get on the plane. We can reminisce when we get there," Professor Hale said, sharp and commanding.
"Tough but fair, I like that in a woman," Alex said, tipping an invisible hat to Professor Hale. Gracie poked him as they moved onto the jet bridge. They were arguing in loud, very easily audible whispers.
I do not have a crush on her!
Alex protested.
"Oh he's
absolutely
got a hard-on for Professor Hale," Frank said as he came up next to me. "I mean, I can't blame him. Hale is a stone cold
fox
."
He wasn't wrong. Professor Hale was wearing her customary khaki short shorts and her tight fitting white top that really showed off what an amazing, toned body she had. Her tight butt pushed proudly against her shorts and both Frank and I stared at the round curves of her ass as she talked with the desk counter staff. Her skin also had this sun-touched honey tone to it that made it look as if she was always glowing, just a little bit.
"I mean she spends so much time hiking, no wonder she's in incredible shape," I said.
"Makes sense..." Frank nodded. "Goddamn. I could bounce a quarter off that ass."
"I mean, technically you could bounce a quarter off anyone's ass," I said.
"Yeah, but it would really like...
bounce
off that," he said. "Like, it would get
distance
."
"More than Gracie's, you think?" I asked, curious what he would say.
"See, that's different," Frank said, speaking with the tone of a distinguished professor. "You see Gracie's ass is soft and supple- judging solely based on visual data of course- but Hale has more muscle tone back there. That gives her a very high bounce quotient-"
"Wait so 'bounce quotient', is that the official terminology?"
"Yes it is Perkins, now keep up. For an ass like Gracie's with a higher 'squish quotient,' the most efficient way to properly appreciate the ass is to take the quarter and just nudge it in there, between the cheeks."
I snorted. "It sounds like you've really spent time working this out."
"I have Perkins, I've done the calculations."
"So you've been doing the calculations at night, in your bed, I assume?"
"Of course, where else am I supposed to do them?"
"Wait..." I thought for a moment. "Why would you want to put a quarter in between someone's ass cheeks? What's the point?"
"Why
wouldn't
you want to do that?!" Frank said, sounding almost offended.
For a few minutes, we debated whether sticking a quarter in someone's ass cheeks is something most men secretly want to do, or whether it's a strange, degenerate activity only the most craven of perverts would be interested in. We were locked in this heated academic debate when a clap came from right next to our face, and we turned. The line was empty in front of us, and we were the last ones to board.
"Two things," Professor Hale said. "First, I'm going to have to try very hard to forget the last ten seconds of my life where I accidentally overheard some of that conversation. Secondly, get on the goddamn plane unless you want to make a new life for yourselves living in the San Francsico airport."
The plane was small and only had two rows of two seats on either side. As we boarded, Frank found his seat first, towards the front. I looked at my ticket for my seat number and fumbled my way towards the back.
Alex and Gracie were sitting together, Alex by the aisle and Gracie by the window. Gracie put her sunglasses over her eyes and had nestled into the window ledge to sleep. Her cleavage was barely held up by her thin sundress, and those tits were incredible. I kicked myself again, and regretted spending $2,000 to go after this girl who still didn't even know who I was. What an idiot.
I felt a quick pain in my gut and gasped. Alex had sucker punched me in my stomach. It wasn't really that hard, it was just... weird.
"What the fuck?" I said.
"I see you, nerd," Alex said, looking at me. He winked.
Gracie turned briefly at the noise, then nestled back into the window.
Great. So Gracie paid no attention to me, and yet her asshole boyfriend was watching me closely.
"Keep your hands to yourself, Alex, or you're on the next flight back," Professor Hale said, from behind me.
"As you say,
professor
," Alex replied, giving her a salute. What an asshole. Where had Gracie found this jerk? I couldn't deny that he was handsome, and he had that carefree attitude and confidence that came naturally to these California boys. He moved through the world as if it owed him. Maybe that was just the kind of guy she liked. I didn't know.
"You'll need to hit harder next time," I said, and began to walk back to my seat.
"I can do that," Alex replied.
I moved to the back, with Professor Hale behind me, and we were soon alone at the back of the plane.
"Hey look, when you woke me up..." I began, feeling like I had to make some kind of apology. I honestly didn't know what I was going to say, and thankfully she interrupted me anyway.